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Pamho. AgtSP.

 

Mayavada philosophy means that one doesn’t make any distinction between

Paramatma and jivatma, this is why the followers of ritvik-vada are put in

the category of Mayavada-philosophers.

 

In Adi-lila 7.110 we find the statements by Lord Siva how he spread

ignorance through Mayavada philosophy.

 

"My dear wife, hear my explanations of how I have spread ignorance through

Mayavada philosophy. Simply by hearing it, even an advanced scholar will

fall down. In this philosophy, which is certainly very inauspicious for

people in general, I have misrepresented the real meaning of the Vedas and

recommended that one give up all activities in order to achieve freedom from

karma. In this Mayavada philosophy I have described the jivatma and

Paramatma to be one and the same."

 

The ritvik propunders state:

 

"A powerful diksa-guru such as Srila Prabhupada CAN post-humously initiate

and accept disciples. Which sastra says that he cannot do so?"

 

If the ritvik-followers think that Srila Prabhupada were able to establish

new principles of religion not mention in the Vedas it means that they

equate Srila Prabhupada with God.

 

Srila Prabhupada states:

 

"Except for God, no one can establish the principles of religion."

(SB 1.3.43, Purport)

 

"Only the Lord can manufacture a system of religion. The Vedas are also

accepted as originally spoken by the Lord Himself to Brahma, from within his

heart. Therefore, the principles of dharma, or religion, are the direct

orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (dharmam tu saksad

bhagavat-pranitam)." (Bg 4.7, Purport)

 

"In the Sixth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, in connection with Ajamila’s

deliverance, Yamaraja says, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam: real

religion is that which is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just

as real law is that which is given by the government. No one can manufacture

actual law at home, nor can one manufacture actual religion."

(SB 7.15.13, Purport)

 

"Dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam. Nobody can create religious principle.

A man cannot create. That is not possible. Any religious system which is

created by man, that is not religion. Religion means what is created by God.

That is religion. Dharmam tu saksat. Saksat mean directly."

(Lecture, Bg 7.1 -- Bombay, January 13, 1973)

 

"The simple definition of dharma is dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam:

"Real religious life is that which is enunciated directly by the Supreme

Personality of Godhead." [srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.19] For instance, what do

you mean by "civil law"? Civil law means the word given by the state. You

cannot make civil law at home. That is not possible. Whatever the government

gives you—"You should act like this"—that is law. Similarly dharma,

religious life, means the direction given by God. That is dharma. Simple

definition. If you create some dharma or I create some dharma or another man

creates another dharma, these are not dharma." (JSD, 2.4)

 

In the above quote Srila Prabhupada says that if he himself would create

some new dharma then that could not be accepted as dharma. Thus again if the

ritviks think that Srila Prabhupada was able to create a new dharma or law

then that simply means that they equate him with the Supreme Personality of

Godhead and thus they are propounding Mayavada-philosophy.

 

Therefore one should conclude:

 

"Misinterpretation of Bhagavad-gita is chala-dharma. When Krsna directly

says something and some rascal interprets it to mean something different,

this is chala-dharma — a religious system of cheating — or sabda-bhit, a

jugglery of words. One should be extremely careful to avoid these various

types of cheating systems of religion." (SB 7.15.13, Purport)

 

Ys

Svarupa das

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